Avocado Tree as Indoor Bonsai?

[garmy yo]

update photos:

[AnnaIkona]

So beautiful!
Are you thinkin' of removing the pit?

[garmy yo]

So beautiful!
Are you thinkin' of removing the pit?

Thanks, Annalkona!
Eventually, they will fall off on their own. I don't know how long that will take though.

[sjors]

How is your avocado bonsai in the tea cup right now? I am trying te create a avocado bonsai aswell, I'll post a picture of it tonight!

[garmy yo]

How is your avocado bonsai in the tea cup right now? I am trying te create a avocado bonsai aswell, I'll post a picture of it tonight!

Hi sjors,
Here is how she looks now. Just quietly doing her thing..
Yeah, I'd love to see a picture of how your avocado bonsai project is coming!
Cheers!

[rainbowgardener]

Lovely! Leaf size is much reduced on the teacup one, since we last saw it. How did you do that?

[ElizabethB]

Garmy Yo - your avocado is adorable. I am not a Bonsai expert. I have just played around with it. I would not leave the wire on. The look is not at all pleasing. That is the purpose of Bonsai - pleasing to look at and contemplate.

Knowing the very basics of Bonsai and the growth habits of an Avocado I wish you well. I look forward to progress reports.

Good luck!

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[garmy yo]

Update photos: exposed root and root-over-rock

[Lindsaylew82]

I have an ever increasing crush on avocado bonsai!

[hpontes]

Loved your bonsai, please don't give up the tea cup experiment and keep showing us pictures of these bonsais.
I'm thinking about keeping my avocado seedling as bonsai, so your tips are very welcome.

[garmy yo]

Update:
I re-potted the exposed root avocado after bare-rooting her and removing all the paper, plastic and wood. Same with the root over rock avocado; I removed all the foil and tape, trimmed up the roots, and raised her up in the pot.

[sjors]

This was my avocado plant a month ago, just a young plant.

[sjors]

now I went to asia for a month and I totally exploded..!! don't know what to do with it anymore, any suggestions?

[sjors]

I bought a bottle of wine and went totally bananas with it! its on a big trunk now, hided under the soile. lets hope somthing good will happen with it. don't know yet if it will still be a bonsai. at least I topped it again and I will try to keep it small.

[garmy yo]

Hi sjors,
She is looking good. I like the trunk you planted it on. Don't be afraid to cut it way back when it gets too tall. As long as the seed is still there it will have energy to come back.

[sjors]

I might do that when she recovers, now she is kinda struggling to keep the leaves nog hanging, gave her a little fertilizer en some extra water. do I need to cover the ground on the trunk with some plastic or something? or is it fine like this for the roots?

thanks for your answer! looking forward to your next post

[garmy yo]

What may be the worst pairing between a plant and a pot, ever. Good thing it is only temporary. But then again, considering it is an avocado on a rock, maybe it is perfect..

[rainbowgardener]

yeah, the pot is pretty awful. But what you do with avocado seedlings is just amazing!

[Asica]

I love y
What you did with those trees. My favorite has to be the avocado in a black cup. I love that combination.

[hacosaw]

can you post updated photo of the avocado in tea cup? its pretty awesome, I started my own bonsai avocado after I fell in love with that one.

here is mine, its still small didnt had to trim it yet, gonna let it get little bit highers before doing that. u can also notice I broke the pit to half, it fell and broke but didnt die

capture

[sjors]

The avocado on the rock still looks beautifull!
I am also looking forward to new update pictures

[garmy yo]

A couple updates:
I am considering changing the angle of the teacup avocado once the seed falls off.
I made a rather drastic change to the bare root avocado. I like it much better this way.

[hacosaw]

This is art, I really love what your'e doing. Now I'm sprouting litchi seeds gonna try my own exposed root over rock, thx for the update keep them coming!

[Nyrm]

Registered on the forum just to be able to reply to this thread. Garmy yo, that's some amazing art!

I'd love to hear some details on how you've treated the plants. Did you plant the pits directly into the soil? How long did you keep the foil over the rock and roots before uncovering? Been doing anything in particular with the roots on either of the trees?

[102christa]

I am so inspired right now, I managed to sprout some avo's last year but unfortunately they didn't survive the winter. I didn't know you could keep them indoors, but I'm definitely trying that braided look!

[applestar]

...here's the one I've added to my Bonsai Wannabe collection. I have no idea what I'm doing, not ready to attempt wiring and such, but wanted to add "movement" so I've been tilting the pot on end, up on rim of the black tray, etc.

I don't know if its the stress or what, but this seed has been sprouting multiple shoots

[ActualAir]

I never thought an avocado bonsai would be possible. It is so lovely and exciting to see this experiment see such success. Would love to see an update from the OP or anyone else who has started working on an avo bonsai.

Starting a new avo plant this week and strongly considering the bonsai approach.

[OGYardens]

Signed up to say how much I like the avocado bonsai. I've currently got two going. One is two years old now and another under six months. I'm just now training the 2 yo for imperial size because I am interested in getting fruit some day, but the younger has been subjected to the bonsai torture much earlier since seeing this progress post.

[Reinaldo13]

Hello everyone! I've been growing an avocado bonsai from about 4 months! I took some tips from some posts here! I'm taking pictures to show the process!

[rainbowgardener]

Hi Reinaldo! Welcome to the Forum! Looking forward to seeing your photos.

[garmy yo]

Here is the latest update photo of the coffee cup bonsai. A lot has changed. The seed fell off, I repotted and changed the angle, and I trimmed her back quite a bit. Now to just let her grow under a light for the fall/winter.
Cheers!

[Danielé]

Amazing job! you inspired me, thank you!

[AimeeHoward]

That's really spectacular. It really inspired me, now I wish to try planting one at home.

[sjors]

Last time I posted my frankenstein avocado on a trunk, sadly it survived and looks like a turd now.. BUT I got a new project wich you inspired me on! I planted a avocado on a rock, I let the roots grow in water so they would be long enough to get over the rock into the soil. I used the same method and now a few months later it is doing alright ! Trying wiring and bending with different thechniques and it lookt OK I think. I have one question, when en where to cut branches and leaves to create smaller leaves and more branches? The seed is still on it so as you said it should have enough energy to grow. But I am still a bit scared to cut the leaves of.. What would happen if I cut the top of one of the branches?

You realy inspire me with your nice projects! keep up the good work and keep us updated.
Below there are some pictures of my project

[garmy yo]

I haven't updated in quite a while, so here are the two avocados now:

[garmy yo]

For an update on the twisted trunk avocado bonsai, the original three plants have died. I am now on #'s 4 and 5 and soon to add a sixth. Maybe avocados don't like to share a small space with other avocados? Don't play well with others?

[garmy yo]

A couple days ago, my avocado blew off its' shelf during a thunderstorm. The coffee cup shattered on another pot below. Luckily, I had an empty pot waiting for a plant. I was lately thinking the avocado may have outgrown the coffee cup. I like it in its' new home, and now I have a wabi sabi coffee cup. I didn't do a very good job with the kintsugi, though. I have a couple other pots in need of repair, so I will have to improve.

[applestar]

Oh! What a bummer about your teacup planter. But you are right, the tree looks very much at home in the new bowl. Looking great!

Would it be too tchotchke to stamp something with the gold to the left of the crack? A kanji or maybe a fern leaf print?

[garmy yo]

Hi, Applestar
Yeah, I see where you are going with that. Or maybe bamboo? I already have a ficus picked out to put in it. I have until the end of September to figure something out.
Cheers!

[cosmosis]

Garmy yo, this is really cool! I notice you haven't posted in a while. How are the plants doing now??